Michael Mackelvie Podcast en Here to examine and challenge pieces of sports and life...fun stories, and a lot of bad data. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f5c846b8-8f02-11f0-ace7-2709da200023/image/88968ce6134f32a7b7fc7dac2840f6e0.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Michael Mackelvie Podcast no episodic Here to examine and challenge pieces of sports and life...fun stories, and a lot of bad data. Michael MacKelvie michaelmackelvie1@gmail.com The Man Who Outran Time - Steroid Controversy, the NFL, and Beating Bolt Justin Gatlin is a farmer Olympic and World Champion in the 100m dash. He set multiple records, and was the fastest man in the world in both his 20's and 30's. Perhaps the greatest part of his story...he peaked in his mid-30's. In this video we discuss his tumultuous journey, and how he beat father time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:05:00 -0000 full Justin Gatlin is a farmer Olympic and World Champion in the 100m dash. He set multiple records, and was the fastest man in the world in both his 20's and 30's. Perhaps the greatest part of his story...he peaked in his mid-30's. In this video we discuss his tumultuous journey, and how he beat father time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Justin Gatlin is a farmer Olympic and World Champion in the 100m dash. He set multiple records, and was the fastest man in the world in both his 20's and 30's. Perhaps the greatest part of his story...he peaked in his mid-30's. In this video we discuss his tumultuous journey, and how he beat father time.

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]]> 5871 The QB Whisperer - Play-Calling, QB Development, and the Future of the NFL with Bruce Arians Bruce Arians has coached more big names than anyone - Brady, Manning, Luck, Roethlisberger, Palmer...why did QBs seem to perform better with him? I also wanted to ask him how he walked through play-calling, an art that is far from science in the NFL. 00:00 Intro 01:03 Sticks vs. Scoring 05:52 Run vs. Pass Ratio 12:00 Analytics 13:55 Play-calling 15:50 Building the Script 29:30 Play-calling Misunderstandings 30:30 Getting Fired 33:03 Coaching with Bear Bryant 37:00 Difficult Coaches 40:18 QB Development 49:15 The Ryan Leaf's 53:30 Jameis Winston 56:10 Circular Play-calling 58:20 Two QB System Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:04:00 -0000 full Bruce Arians has coached more big names than anyone - Brady, Manning, Luck, Roethlisberger, Palmer...why did QBs seem to perform better with him? I also wanted to ask him how he walked through play-calling, an art that is far from science in the NFL. 00:00 Intro 01:03 Sticks vs. Scoring 05:52 Run vs. Pass Ratio 12:00 Analytics 13:55 Play-calling 15:50 Building the Script 29:30 Play-calling Misunderstandings 30:30 Getting Fired 33:03 Coaching with Bear Bryant 37:00 Difficult Coaches 40:18 QB Development 49:15 The Ryan Leaf's 53:30 Jameis Winston 56:10 Circular Play-calling 58:20 Two QB System Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Bruce Arians has coached more big names than anyone - Brady, Manning, Luck, Roethlisberger, Palmer...why did QBs seem to perform better with him? I also wanted to ask him how he walked through play-calling, an art that is far from science in the NFL.


00:00 Intro 01:03 Sticks vs. Scoring 05:52 Run vs. Pass Ratio 12:00 Analytics 13:55 Play-calling 15:50 Building the Script 29:30 Play-calling Misunderstandings 30:30 Getting Fired 33:03 Coaching with Bear Bryant 37:00 Difficult Coaches 40:18 QB Development 49:15 The Ryan Leaf's 53:30 Jameis Winston 56:10 Circular Play-calling 58:20 Two QB System

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]]> 3694 Looking For Guys Who See Fast - Athletic Geniuses & Speeded Cognition with Dr. Scott Wylie Dr. Scott Wylie is a Neuroscientist and Co-Founder of S2 Cognition, an organization that now works with all the major sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0000 full Dr. Scott Wylie is a Neuroscientist and Co-Founder of S2 Cognition, an organization that now works with all the major sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dr. Scott Wylie is a Neuroscientist and Co-Founder of S2 Cognition, an organization that now works with all the major sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL).

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]]> 6150 Biomechanics Will Change Sports Forever - Sports Labs, Shohei Ohtani, & Driveline Baseball A few decades ago, analytics began changing baseball. It quickly found it's way into other sports: the three point revolution in basketball, going for it on 4th down in football (just to name a few). But recently...there has been a plateau. All three analytics folks that I spoke with said Biomechanics and video capture would be that next frontier. Kyle Boddy of Driveline Baseball sat down with me to discuss biomechanics, and what the future of talent development in sports looks like. Kyle is perhaps the most influential person in baseball over the past 20 years, largely responsible for the increase in pitching velocity through a variable training approach. Currently, besides running Driveline, Kyle consults for the Boston Red Sox. 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:36 Biomechanics in Sports 00:03:19 Aroldis Chapman, Boston Red Sox 00:06:20 Baseball and F1 - First Movers 00:09:00 Driveline Baseball History 00:10:18 Kyle's Background 00:15:00 Variable Training & Injury Prevention 00:23:30 Criticism 33:32 Dominicans are Different 00:39:14 Where Sports are Behind 00:43:06 Specialization Injury Issues 00:46:56 The Norway Way 00:49:06 Finding Chess Prodigies 00:53:04 Building an Arm 01:04:29 The 400ms 01:07:05 Vision Study 01:12:20 Deception 01:15:00 Manufacturing Talent 01:18:50 Brain Study 01:22:27 Shohei Ohtani 01:28:28 How Fast Can We Throw? 01:29:30 Steroids 01:32:10 Basketball Revolution 01:37:20 Sleep Study 01:40:35 Load Management Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:52:00 -0000 full A few decades ago, analytics began changing baseball. It quickly found it's way into other sports: the three point revolution in basketball, going for it on 4th down in football (just to name a few). But recently...there has been a plateau. All three analytics folks that I spoke with said Biomechanics and video capture would be that next frontier. Kyle Boddy of Driveline Baseball sat down with me to discuss biomechanics, and what the future of talent development in sports looks like. Kyle is perhaps the most influential person in baseball over the past 20 years, largely responsible for the increase in pitching velocity through a variable training approach. Currently, besides running Driveline, Kyle consults for the Boston Red Sox. 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:36 Biomechanics in Sports 00:03:19 Aroldis Chapman, Boston Red Sox 00:06:20 Baseball and F1 - First Movers 00:09:00 Driveline Baseball History 00:10:18 Kyle's Background 00:15:00 Variable Training & Injury Prevention 00:23:30 Criticism 33:32 Dominicans are Different 00:39:14 Where Sports are Behind 00:43:06 Specialization Injury Issues 00:46:56 The Norway Way 00:49:06 Finding Chess Prodigies 00:53:04 Building an Arm 01:04:29 The 400ms 01:07:05 Vision Study 01:12:20 Deception 01:15:00 Manufacturing Talent 01:18:50 Brain Study 01:22:27 Shohei Ohtani 01:28:28 How Fast Can We Throw? 01:29:30 Steroids 01:32:10 Basketball Revolution 01:37:20 Sleep Study 01:40:35 Load Management Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A few decades ago, analytics began changing baseball. It quickly found it's way into other sports: the three point revolution in basketball, going for it on 4th down in football (just to name a few). But recently...there has been a plateau. All three analytics folks that I spoke with said Biomechanics and video capture would be that next frontier. Kyle Boddy of Driveline Baseball sat down with me to discuss biomechanics, and what the future of talent development in sports looks like. Kyle is perhaps the most influential person in baseball over the past 20 years, largely responsible for the increase in pitching velocity through a variable training approach. Currently, besides running Driveline, Kyle consults for the Boston Red Sox.


00:00:00 Intro

00:02:36 Biomechanics in Sports

00:03:19 Aroldis Chapman, Boston Red Sox

00:06:20 Baseball and F1 - First Movers

00:09:00 Driveline Baseball History

00:10:18 Kyle's Background

00:15:00 Variable Training & Injury Prevention

00:23:30 Criticism 33:32 Dominicans are Different

00:39:14 Where Sports are Behind

00:43:06 Specialization Injury Issues

00:46:56 The Norway Way

00:49:06 Finding Chess Prodigies

00:53:04 Building an Arm

01:04:29 The 400ms

01:07:05 Vision Study

01:12:20 Deception

01:15:00 Manufacturing Talent

01:18:50 Brain Study

01:22:27 Shohei Ohtani

01:28:28 How Fast Can We Throw?

01:29:30 Steroids

01:32:10 Basketball Revolution

01:37:20 Sleep Study

01:40:35 Load Management

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]]> 6284 How NFL Teams Break Young Quarterbacks - With Zak Keefer "I believe organizations fail young quarterbacks before young quarterbacks fail organizations" - Kevin O'Connell, head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. In this episode, I sat down with The Athletic's Zak Keefer. Zak wrote "The Bust Files - How NFL Teams Break Young Quarterbacks" where he interviewed several different former quarterbacks, current quarterbacks, and head coaches. Why is it that certain young quarterbacks fail, while others succeed? How important is a quarterbacks environment? #nfl #football 00:00 Intro 01:33 The Bust Files 02:44 Andrew Luck 08:20 Anthony Richardson 17:35 When do you move on? 28:28 Scheme Importance 32:48 Bruce Arians Thoughts 37:00 A New QB 51:12 Caleb Williams 58:08 CJ Stroud 01:00:45 Kevin O'Connell 01:04:00 The Middle Class QB - Any Hope? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:43:00 -0000 full "I believe organizations fail young quarterbacks before young quarterbacks fail organizations" - Kevin O'Connell, head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. In this episode, I sat down with The Athletic's Zak Keefer. Zak wrote "The Bust Files - How NFL Teams Break Young Quarterbacks" where he interviewed several different former quarterbacks, current quarterbacks, and head coaches. Why is it that certain young quarterbacks fail, while others succeed? How important is a quarterbacks environment? #nfl #football 00:00 Intro 01:33 The Bust Files 02:44 Andrew Luck 08:20 Anthony Richardson 17:35 When do you move on? 28:28 Scheme Importance 32:48 Bruce Arians Thoughts 37:00 A New QB 51:12 Caleb Williams 58:08 CJ Stroud 01:00:45 Kevin O'Connell 01:04:00 The Middle Class QB - Any Hope? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "I believe organizations fail young quarterbacks before young quarterbacks fail organizations" - Kevin O'Connell, head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. In this episode, I sat down with The Athletic's Zak Keefer. Zak wrote "The Bust Files - How NFL Teams Break Young Quarterbacks" where he interviewed several different former quarterbacks, current quarterbacks, and head coaches. Why is it that certain young quarterbacks fail, while others succeed? How important is a quarterbacks environment? #nfl #football 00:00 Intro 01:33 The Bust Files 02:44 Andrew Luck 08:20 Anthony Richardson 17:35 When do you move on? 28:28 Scheme Importance 32:48 Bruce Arians Thoughts 37:00 A New QB 51:12 Caleb Williams 58:08 CJ Stroud 01:00:45 Kevin O'Connell 01:04:00 The Middle Class QB - Any Hope?

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]]> 4220 Untangling a Quarterback - Projecting QB Success and Adjusted Efficiency with Kevin Cole How do we untangle a quarterback from his surroundings? At what point is a quarterback overrated? I sat down with Kevin Cole, former Senior Data Scientist with PFF and creator of "Unexpected Points" - a unique, analytical Substack that I absolutely love. Kevin's work can be found in several of my NFL Draft videos - he's worth a follow on Twitter too. #nfl #football 00:00 Intro 02:02 QB 05:35 Circumstantial Succes 09:04 Case Study - Situational "Magic"? 13:50 Inconsistent Play 16:14 Brock Purdy Case Study 22:00 Adjusted QB Efficiency Rankings 36:30 QB GOAT Analysis 42:39 Are QBs Overrated? 51:30 Surplus Value and Drafting a QB 1:03:30 Projecting QB Success Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:23:00 -0000 full How do we untangle a quarterback from his surroundings? At what point is a quarterback overrated? I sat down with Kevin Cole, former Senior Data Scientist with PFF and creator of "Unexpected Points" - a unique, analytical Substack that I absolutely love. Kevin's work can be found in several of my NFL Draft videos - he's worth a follow on Twitter too. #nfl #football 00:00 Intro 02:02 QB 05:35 Circumstantial Succes 09:04 Case Study - Situational "Magic"? 13:50 Inconsistent Play 16:14 Brock Purdy Case Study 22:00 Adjusted QB Efficiency Rankings 36:30 QB GOAT Analysis 42:39 Are QBs Overrated? 51:30 Surplus Value and Drafting a QB 1:03:30 Projecting QB Success Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices How do we untangle a quarterback from his surroundings? At what point is a quarterback overrated?


I sat down with Kevin Cole, former Senior Data Scientist with PFF and creator of "Unexpected Points" - a unique, analytical Substack that I absolutely love. Kevin's work can be found in several of my NFL Draft videos - he's worth a follow on Twitter too.


#nfl #football

00:00 Intro

02:02 QB

05:35 Circumstantial Succes

09:04 Case Study - Situational "Magic"?

13:50 Inconsistent Play

16:14 Brock Purdy Case Study

22:00 Adjusted QB Efficiency Rankings

36:30 QB GOAT Analysis

42:39 Are QBs Overrated?

51:30 Surplus Value and Drafting a QB

1:03:30 Projecting QB Success

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]]> 5292 The Best Play in Football, Week 1 Recap, and QB Analysis with Sam Bruchhaus Week one was wild...one concept I have always been fascinated by, in both life and football...risk. You can not avoid it, though we talk about certain decisions as if there is an absence of risk.In this episode, I sat down with Sam Bruchhaus to discuss the roll of risk in football, and why certain plays like "play action" might be neglected. We also recapped the week, and dove deep into the advanced numbers on quarterback play. (00:00) What is "risk"?(04:35) Game Study - 49ers vs. Hawks(08:40) The Best Play in Football(17:30) The Risk Aversion Trap(28:20) Do the Ravens Actually Blow Leads?(31:00) QB Advanced Analysis & Numbers(45:30) Pressure and Parsons(54:00) Untangling a QB - Possible? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:48:58 -0000 full Week one was wild...one concept I have always been fascinated by, in both life and football...risk. You can not avoid it, though we talk about certain decisions as if there is an absence of risk.In this episode, I sat down with Sam Bruchhaus to discuss the roll of risk in football, and why certain plays like "play action" might be neglected. We also recapped the week, and dove deep into the advanced numbers on quarterback play. (00:00) What is "risk"?(04:35) Game Study - 49ers vs. Hawks(08:40) The Best Play in Football(17:30) The Risk Aversion Trap(28:20) Do the Ravens Actually Blow Leads?(31:00) QB Advanced Analysis & Numbers(45:30) Pressure and Parsons(54:00) Untangling a QB - Possible? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Week one was wild...one concept I have always been fascinated by, in both life and football...risk. You can not avoid it, though we talk about certain decisions as if there is an absence of risk.In this episode, I sat down with Sam Bruchhaus to discuss the roll of risk in football, and why certain plays like "play action" might be neglected. We also recapped the week, and dove deep into the advanced numbers on quarterback play.




(00:00) What is "risk"?(04:35) Game Study - 49ers vs. Hawks(08:40) The Best Play in Football(17:30) The Risk Aversion Trap(28:20) Do the Ravens Actually Blow Leads?(31:00) QB Advanced Analysis & Numbers(45:30) Pressure and Parsons(54:00) Untangling a QB - Possible?



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]]> 3738 no Kirk Herbstreit: The Future of Football, Gameday Saturdays, and Family Welcome, to the first ever episode of the Michael MacKelvie Podcast.I have been having these conversations for two years now (for my primary channel), and have always wanted to release them for those who want a deeper dive.Please make sure to subscribe...Kirk Herbstreit has been deemed the "Golden Child" of college football, but his background may surprise you. Kirk shared his challenging childhood, how he landed Gameday, and the future of college football. (00:00) America's Game(02:28) Getting Gameday(16:40) Early Life(31:44) Football Fears(48:19) Risking the CFB Product?(01:00:20) The New Most Important Role - The GM?(01:12:47) Biggest CFB Fear(01:23:54) Arch Manning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:13:34 -0000 full Welcome, to the first ever episode of the Michael MacKelvie Podcast.I have been having these conversations for two years now (for my primary channel), and have always wanted to release them for those who want a deeper dive.Please make sure to subscribe...Kirk Herbstreit has been deemed the "Golden Child" of college football, but his background may surprise you. Kirk shared his challenging childhood, how he landed Gameday, and the future of college football. (00:00) America's Game(02:28) Getting Gameday(16:40) Early Life(31:44) Football Fears(48:19) Risking the CFB Product?(01:00:20) The New Most Important Role - The GM?(01:12:47) Biggest CFB Fear(01:23:54) Arch Manning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Welcome, to the first ever episode of the Michael MacKelvie Podcast.I have been having these conversations for two years now (for my primary channel), and have always wanted to release them for those who want a deeper dive.Please make sure to subscribe...Kirk Herbstreit has been deemed the "Golden Child" of college football, but his background may surprise you. Kirk shared his challenging childhood, how he landed Gameday, and the future of college football.


(00:00) America's Game(02:28) Getting Gameday(16:40) Early Life(31:44) Football Fears(48:19) Risking the CFB Product?(01:00:20) The New Most Important Role - The GM?(01:12:47) Biggest CFB Fear(01:23:54) Arch Manning

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